Definition

1. Verb:
   • To raid, to mop up: Refers to a military operation where troops sweep through an area to search for, capture, or eliminate enemy forces or targets.
   • To sweep through (an area): Describes the action of moving through a region systematically and thoroughly, often with force, to clear it.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Quân đội tiến hành càn quét khu rừng để tìm binh lính đối phương. (The army conducted a raid on the forest to find enemy soldiers.)
  • Kế hoạch là càn quét toàn bộ ngôi làng trước khi trời tối. (The plan is to mop up the entire village before dark.)
  • Cảnh sát càn quét khu vực tìm tội phạm. (The police swept through the area looking for criminals.)

Advanced Usage

• "càn đi quét lại": To sweep through an area repeatedly or meticulously.
  • Họ càn đi quét lại khu chợ để đảm bảo an ninh. (They swept through the market repeatedly to ensure security.)
• Used to describe systematic, large-scale search or clearance operations, often with a connotation of force or thoroughness.

Variants and Related Words

• Cuộc càn quét (noun): A raid; a mopping-up operation.
  • Cuộc càn quét của địch đã bị quân ta đánh bại. (The enemy's raid was defeated by our troops.)
• Sự càn quét (noun): The act of raiding or sweeping.

Synonyms

• Lùng sục: To hunt down, to search thoroughly (often for people).
• Tảo thanh: To clean up, to clear out (a military term for clearing an area of enemies).
• Vây ráp: To surround and raid.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Note: As a single verb, 'càn quét' itself functions as a complete phrase. Compound actions are formed with adverbs. - Càn quét sạch sẽ: To sweep clean, to mop up completely. - Lực lượng đặc nhiệm được lệnh càn quét sạch sẽ căn cứ. (The special forces were ordered to mop up the base completely.)

Related Idioms

• Càn quét như châu chấu: To sweep through like locusts (implying destruction and thoroughness).
  • Bọn cướp càn quét qua thị trấn như châu chấu. (The bandits swept through the town like locusts.)
• Càn quét không chừa một ai: To spare no one in the sweep/raid.
  • Cuộc truy lùng càn quét không chừa một ai trong khu phố. (The manhunt spared no one in the neighborhood.)

1. To raid, to mop up